If you have your own personal plot, then you are probably familiar with the rich harvest of tomatoes. Every summer resident sooner or later faces the question of where to put all the collected tomatoes?! What's left after summer salads and fresh tastings, you can indulge in delicious winter preparations. Salted tomatoes, salads and marinades made from them are always in great demand on the table. Especially during periods of acute lack of vitamins and sunshine.

In order to last as long as possible and turn out very tasty, you need to follow recipes with prescribed proportions and combinations. There are several secrets to successfully preserving these vegetables. Right now we will prepare delicious tomato salads for the winter and reveal the most necessary steps for preparing them.

1. Tomato salad with bell pepper for the winter - Finger licking good

A very tasty and easy-to-prepare winter preparation made from tomatoes and sweet peppers will be an excellent addition to winter meals. This sunny jar will lift your spirits and charge you with summer energy even on the gloomiest day.

Ingredients:

• one and a half kilograms of elastic tomatoes;
• 1 onion;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 50 ml vegetable oil;
• 1 small bouquet of dill;
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar;
• 1 full tablespoon of coarse salt;
• 20 grams of nine percent vinegar.

All ingredients are available, especially during the harvest season.

Cooking steps:

Let's start, as expected, with washing the vegetables and peeling them. You need to carefully cut out the crust from the tail of the tomato. Clean the inside of the peppers. Peel the onion.

1.Cut the tomatoes into neat slices. If your fruits are small, you can cut them into 4-6 pieces. Larger tomatoes can be cut more generously. The main thing is that the slices are neat, beautiful and easily fit into the mouth.

2. Cut the onion into half rings or quarter circles. It is better to use the red sweet variety for this.

4. Also cut the pepper pulp into neat pieces or strips.

5. Chop the dill as much as possible using a knife.

6. Place all the vegetables in a non-metallic, enamel or plastic bowl and season with the remaining ingredients. Mix everything thoroughly with two spatulas. Cover with a lid or flat dish and leave directly on the table for 1 hour to infuse.

While the tomatoes are saturated with pickling juice, prepare jars for laying out the salad. They need to be washed with a soda solution and sterilized in the oven (microwave or steam). The lids for them must be boiled for 10-15 minutes over medium heat.

7. Now the vegetables have released their aromatic juice and have changed a little in appearance. First, you need to evenly distribute the vegetables among the jars, and then fill them equally with brine. Cover with lids.

8. Place all the cans in the pan and pour water so that its level reaches the “shoulders” of the cans. Place on the stove and boil for 20 minutes from the moment of boiling. Remove the jars from the pan and immediately roll up. Be careful, the jars are very hot.

9. Carefully remove the jars from the pan onto a flat surface, upside down. At night they need to be wrapped in a warm blanket. And in the morning you can put them away for storage.

What I love about this recipe is the speed of preparation and its rich taste. There is no need to deal with hot brine, multiple boiling and cooking. Everything is very simple and incredibly tasty.

Happy preparations!

2. Winter salad without cooking “Ogonyok”, with horseradish and tomatoes

We will prepare the famous and beloved Ogonyok, or, simply, “Horseradish Appetizer” right now. It also doesn’t need to be cooked, which will retain more of its vitamins, flavor, and crunch. How delicious can it be to eat such a snack with black bread, or use it as a sauce for pasta?! My mouth waters at the mere mention. Try making this recipe with us.

Ingredients:

• 3 kilograms of tomatoes (you can use any);
• a glass of peeled garlic;
• 1 pod of hot pepper;
• 1 horseradish root;
• a full glass of granulated sugar;
• 3 full tablespoons of coarse salt;
• a glass of 9% vinegar.

Cooking steps:

This appetizer can only be described as “it couldn’t be simpler.” A method of preparation without cooking, all ingredients are crushed in one way, everything is mixed and sterilized directly in the jars. In addition, despite the simplicity of cooking, Ogonyok turns out to be a real delight! Try it yourself!

1.Pass all products through a meat grinder. Place all other ingredients into a bowl with the mixture and mix vigorously.

To make the mixture as thick as possible, first cut the tomatoes into pieces and let them sit for a couple of hours. During this time they will release excess moisture. Such pieces need to be twisted through a meat grinder. Thus, the tomato mass will not be too liquid.

2. Cover with a lid and leave for 4-5 hours right in the kitchen.

3. Then you need to pour the horseradish into pre-prepared jars. Since this dish does not undergo preliminary heat treatment, before entering the container, the jars must be thoroughly washed and sterilized. Cover with lids.

4. Sterilize jars of salad in a large heat-resistant container for about half an hour after boiling. After taking the jars out of the water, immediately roll them up and carefully place them on a flat surface, turning them over onto the lids. After just 8 hours you can transfer them to a permanent storage location.

If you are not preparing the dish for the winter, or you have some salad left that did not go into the jars, then you can eat it immediately after steeping. In this case, there is no need to boil it in a container. Just chill and enjoy your favorite snack!

Bon appetit!

3. Vegetable salad with tomatoes for the winter

I suggest preparing very delicious salad for the winter from zucchini, tomatoes and sweet peppers. Such a treat flies off the table in a matter of minutes. It’s very easy to prepare; the approximate cooking time is no more than an hour.

Ingredients:

• one and a half kilograms of zucchini, sweet pepper and tomato;
• half a glass of sugar;
• 1 head of garlic;
• a tablespoon of salt (maybe with a slide - to taste);
• a tablespoon of vinegar;
• a tablespoon of sunflower oil.

Cooking steps:

Zucchini needs to be peeled and seeds removed, especially if they are not young. Clean the pepper from the tail and insides. Cut off the skin from the stem of the tomato.

1.Cut the zucchini into small pieces.

2. Do the same with tomatoes.

3. The juicy walls of the pepper also need to be cut into small cubes.

4. Place the tomato pieces in a large saucepan, add granulated sugar, salt and turn on the heat. After boiling, cook them for about 10 minutes. During this time they will release a lot of juice.

5. Then you need to add pepper and zucchini to the cooking. As soon as the contents boil, you need to boil it for another half hour. After this, pour in the oil and continue in the same spirit for another 10 minutes. Now it's garlic's turn. It needs to be rubbed through a press. After garlic you need to cook the salad for 5 minutes. The final step will be vinegar. Add it 2 minutes before turning off the heat. Immediately cover with a lid for the remaining couple of minutes of cooking to prevent it from evaporating.

6. While the salad is still hot, you need to start bottling it into jars. Pour the mixture up to the neck and close the lids very tightly. Then, immediately turn the hot jars over and cover with a warm cloth.

A delicious salad for the winter is ready. This salad can also be prepared for immediate consumption, not for the winter. There is no need to add vinegar for this. Just cool it down and start tasting.

Let your jars last as long as you need them!

4. Secrets of ideal winter preparations from tomatoes

In order for your culinary creations to last longer and be very tasty, you need to follow several rules. All of them are simple, but following them guarantees an ideal result. I learned about them, as they say, from word of mouth - from my mother, grandmother, neighbor, and so on. The main thing is that they all really work. Now I will introduce you to some rules on the way to long-term and delicious snack from tomatoes.

1. If you plan to prepare a salad with whole or coarsely chopped tomatoes, then it is better to choose slightly unripe, elastic fruits. They keep their shape better and do not deteriorate for a long time. If you finely chop vegetables, for example, when making horseradish, the tomatoes may be overripe. The main thing is that they show no signs of damage or rot.

2. For any type of preparation, including tomato salads, it is better to use coarse salt. Any other salt, with additives or fine, can cause rapid spoilage and explosion of cans.

3. Experienced housewives know that if you add a little mustard seeds to the canned food, the shelf life increases. The same effect can be achieved by adding a tablespoon of vodka to three liter jar.

4. A very important stage in any type of preparation is the mandatory sterilization of jars. This is especially necessary when the product is poured into jars without pre-cooking. There are some people who process jars with steam, over a saucepan or in a double boiler. It is very convenient to do this in the oven or microwave. Seaming lids also need to be boiled or simply doused with boiling water.

5. And the most important point in any culinary movement is a great desire and love for your work. By putting a piece of your soul into each jar along with bright pieces of summer, you will get an excellent result!

I wish you success!

5. Video - “Assorted” salad of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter

Tomatoes in any form are always a treat on the table. Nature endowed them nice shape, bright, cheerful color, excellent texture, freshness and, of course, excellent taste. Tomatoes are good both on their own and as part of complex dishes, such as salads and stews. And during a winter meal, tomatoes always remind you of summer. Everyone loves them - both family and guests. And therefore, it is rare that a housewife denies herself the pleasure, during the season, when there are a lot of vegetables, to cook something from tomatoes for future use.

At home, it is not difficult to make salted or pickled tomatoes, make an excellent paste or juice from them. AND experienced housewives They probably know a lot of them. We offer unusual step by step recipes original ways canning tomatoes. This is a great opportunity to expand your culinary experience and delight your family and friends during a winter feast.

It is always very interesting to diversify traditional recipes with new approaches and solutions. For honey pickling that tastes original, we need ripe tomatoes, parsley, fresh garlic and marinade. For him for 1 liter. water add 2 tbsp. spoons of salt and 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons of honey.

The tomatoes are washed and their stems are cut out. Finely chop the garlic and parsley and use this mixture to start the hole in the tomatoes that was formed after removing the stems. All parts necessary for the marinade are combined and brought to a boil. The finished tomatoes are placed in sterilized jars and the boiled marinade is poured over them. Then you should wait 10 minutes, carefully drain the marinade, boil it again and fill the jars again. After this, the tomato preparations can be covered with lids.

The taste of tomatoes stuffed with garlic with herbs, lovers of spicy snacks will really like it. And the delicate taste and aroma of honey will make this preparation a favorite at home for dinner.

Salted tomatoes with apples

Tomatoes are very convenient for canning with other vegetables, fruits and berries. They go well with cucumbers, carrots, beets, gooseberries, plums and grapes. Well, and, of course, tomatoes and apples complement each other perfectly. Only for such pickling it is better to choose apples that are harder and more sour in taste. You will also need a few cloves of garlic, fresh or dry sprigs of dill, Bay leaf, allspice, cloves and marinade. For him take 1 tbsp. a heaping spoonful of salt and sugar for every 1.25 liters of water. Apples for canning can be cut into pieces and cored, or left whole - at the discretion of the housewife.

First, all the spices are placed at the bottom of the jars, and then tomatoes and apples are laid in layers to the very top. Pour boiled water over the contents for 5-10 minutes. Then it is drained and the jars are filled to the neck so that the contents overflow with boiling marinade. And immediately seal them with lids. After this, the jars are turned over, wrapped in a blanket or towel and allowed to cool.

Green tomato salad with vegetables

It often happens that in the summer the housewife ends up with many different vegetables in her hands at the same time. From them and green tomatoes you can prepare a beautiful and tasty assorted salad for the winter. For this you should use Bell pepper, onions and carrots. You can also add sour apples. In addition, you will need garlic, coriander, bay leaf, allspice and peppercorns.

Vegetables for salad are cut coarsely. Carrots - in circles, onions - in half rings, pepper - in strips. Then the tomatoes and chopped apples (so as not to darken) are mixed, added some salt and allowed to stand for 40 minutes. At this time, garlic, spices and herbs are placed at the bottom of the jars. After that to green tomatoes and add the rest of the chopped vegetables to the apples, mix everything and fill the jars with the vegetable mixture. At the same time, they need to be slightly shaken so that the vegetables in the jars are compacted a little. You should not specifically squeeze the vegetable mixture with a spoon or your hands, otherwise the vegetables will lose their shape and there will be no room left for the marinade.

Add salt and sugar to the boiling water (at the rate of 1.5 heaped tablespoons per 1 liter) and 100 g of apple or regular vinegar. Hot marinade is poured into jars with tomato salad to the very top and closed with lids.

Jelly tomatoes

When preparing for the winter, you can get canned vegetables and delicious jelly simultaneously. For this, in addition to ripe tomatoes, use gelatin (1.5 tablespoons), as well as 100 g of vinegar, salt and sugar (1.5 tablespoons each) and 1 liter of water.

Gelatin is diluted in a small amount of cold water and allowed to swell. Tomatoes are cut into halves. Place parsley, bay leaves, peeled garlic cloves, coriander, allspice and peppercorns at the bottom of the jars. If desired, you can also put currant, cherry, horseradish leaves and dill sprigs with umbrellas here. It all depends on the flavor you want to give to canned foods. Place tomatoes in a jar on top of the greens, placing them cut side down.

The swollen gelatin is injected into hot water and let it boil. Add salt, sugar and vinegar, stir and bring to a boil again. The resulting marinade with gelatin is poured into jars of tomatoes to the very top and sealed with lids. In winter, before serving, a jar of gelled tomatoes must be placed in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

About another option homemade Inna will tell you about tomatoes in jelly in her video.

Tomatoes in wine

Tomatoes acquire a completely unusual taste and color when poured with wine. Not very large tomatoes of the “Slivka” and “Black Prince” varieties are well suited for this type of canning.

For cooking aromatic preparation First, herbs and spices are placed at the bottom of the jar.

Wine filling for tomatoes is prepared from a mixture of regular canning marinade and dry red wine in a one-to-one ratio. The composition of the marinade is traditional: for 1 liter of water, 1.5 heaped tablespoons of salt, 1.5 (or 2) tablespoons of sugar and 100 g of vinegar. The wine is poured into the boiled marinade and does not boil.

Pour a mixture of wine and marinade into a jar with tomatoes, herbs and spices, keep the jars with lids on for 10-15 minutes in a pan of water at a temperature of +90°C (not boiling), and then seal the lids. In winter, when the tomatoes are eaten, the remaining wine sauce can be used to stew meat or prepare a fragrant, spicy sauce.

Tomato sauce

This recipe will surely appeal to everyone who likes the taste of tomatoes after heat treatment. To prepare the gravy you will need 3 kg of ripe tomatoes, 1 kg onions, 0.2 l refined vegetable oil, 100 g sugar, 4 tbsp. tablespoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper.

The onions are peeled and cut into strips, and the tomatoes into slices. Pour vegetable oil into a pan and simmer the onion in it for about half an hour. Then tomatoes, sugar, salt and red pepper are added to the onions. Mix everything thoroughly and bring to a boil. If desired, you can beat it with a blender. Cook the gravy over low heat for another 15 minutes, remembering to stir from time to time so that it cooks evenly and does not burn.

For canning, jars and lids are washed and sterilized in advance. The hot gravy is poured into jars to the very top. Roll up the lids, turn the jars over, cover them with a blanket and let them cool.

Tomato sauce is universal. This sour additive will complement the taste of meat and poultry. In addition, it is great for fish dishes, cereals, pasta and potatoes.

Secrets of canning tomatoes

• For homemade preparations for the winter, it is best to use unripe tomatoes with dense flesh. The skin of such fruits will not burst during canning.
• Before pouring the marinade, whole fruits must be pierced from the stem side with a toothpick or a pointed wooden stick. This will also prevent the skin from bursting.
• If we decide to preserve several jars, then we always need to know how much marinade will have to be prepared. How to determine how much marinade is needed per jar? To do this, pour water to the top into a jar with spices and tomatoes already in it, then drain it and measure the resulting volume. We multiply it by the number of cans and get the required volume of marinade. A liter jar filled with fruits requires 0.25-0.3 liters of liquid.
• Tomatoes are delicate vegetables. To maintain their shape, elastic texture and, if possible, healthy vitamins, there is no need to sterilize jars in water for a long time. For canned tomatoes, it is better to wash the jars in advance and sterilize them under steam or dry - in a preheated oven. Then the contents will need to be poured with boiling water for 5-10 minutes, and then, after draining it, boiled marinade. Or pour the boiled marinade over the vegetables in the jar twice. This will be quite enough for sterilization before closing the jars with lids.
• It’s good to add a lot of greens to tomatoes - parsley, dill, mint, celery, horseradish leaves, cherries or apples. Each seasoning gives homemade specific aroma. Oak leaves, for example, darken the color of the canned product and impart a piquant flavor to the tomatoes. There is an opinion that a lot of greens in canned food is bad, as this can cause the jars to “explode”. In fact, the spoilage of canned food occurs not from the amount of greens, but from the fact that they were not sterilized well enough, and bacteria remained inside. And these bacteria can be found on greens, on tomatoes themselves, and on peppers or bay leaves that were added inside.
• If you put whole cloves of garlic in a jar of tomatoes, the brine inside remains clear. If you add chopped garlic, the brine becomes cloudy and there is a high chance that the canned food will spoil and “explode”.
• Rock salt is great for making marinades. But when the brine boils, it is better to strain it through cheesecloth. And then the quality of the marinade will be excellent.

It won't be long before the tomato season ends, and with it the summer. But homemade preparations made for future use on a frosty winter day will become a wonderful reminder of the dacha, vacation and summer warmth. You just need to try a little!

These tomato preparations are for those zealous housewives who have grown a sumptuous harvest of tomatoes in their gardens and want to preserve them. There are a huge number of recipes for tomato preparations, these are natural tomatoes, ketchups and tomato paste, salted and marinated tomatoes, salads and assorted dishes and even jam from green tomatoes... As they say - choose to taste! We have prepared a selection of the most delicious and most unusual recipes. So, tomato preparations.

Tomatoes in their own juice. Small round or oval tomatoes with a diameter of 3-4 cm are suitable for preparing these canned foods. Wash the tomatoes, cut crosswise, blanch in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, then put in ice water. The skin is easily removed. Prepare tomato juice: steam overripe tomatoes over low heat, rub through a sieve. Add salt to the resulting juice at the rate of 50-60 g per 1 liter, put on fire and bring to a boil. Place the peeled tomatoes in sterilized jars, shaking them so that the tomatoes fit more tightly, pour boiling juice over them and place for sterilization. Sterilize half-liter jars for 5-8 minutes, liter jars for 10-12 minutes. Roll up.

2.5 kg tomatoes,
1 pod of hot pepper,
1 PC. sweet pepper,
10 black peppercorns,
5 peas of allspice,
1 root with parsley,
1 carrot,
2 liters of water,
30 g salt,
60 g sugar,
4 tsp 80% vinegar.

Preparation:
Cut the tomatoes crosswise, blanch in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, put in ice water, remove the skin. Peel the sweet peppers and cut into wide strips. Wash the hot pepper pod, cut the carrots into slices, also cut the parsley root into slices, chop the greens coarsely. Place the tomatoes and vegetables in sterilized jars and pour boiling brine over them. Place the jars in a saucepan with warm water, bring to a boil, and sterilize for 20 minutes. Then add vinegar and roll up.

Salted tomatoes according to an old recipe. Tomatoes for this recipe are prepared in a barrel, bucket or pan. Place leaves on the bottom of the container black currant, lay out firm, slightly unripe tomatoes, sprinkling them with blackcurrant leaves. Prepare the brine: for 12 liters of water - 2 cups sugar, 1 cup salt, 15 bay leaves, 1 tsp. black peppercorns, 1 tsp. Boil allspice peas, let cool, add 100 g of dry mustard, stir and let sit. As soon as the brine becomes transparent, pour it over the tomatoes, place a clean cloth on top and press down. Place in the cold.

Salted tomatoes in a bag. This original recipe pickling tomatoes in a plastic bag. Wash medium-ripe tomatoes, prepare cherry, currant, celery and dill leaves. If you can find sugar beets, good, it delays oxidative processes. Place a layer of greens in the bag, then a layer of tomatoes, again a layer of greens, chopped sugar beets and again tomatoes, place a layer of greens on top. Tie the bag tightly and place it in a barrel or box. After two days, pour the mixture of tomatoes and herbs with brine. The brine is prepared as follows: take water in an amount equal to half the capacity of the bag, add salt, add dill, hot and allspice, bay leaf and boil everything (for 1.5 liters of water - 100 g of salt, spices and herbs to taste). Cool, strain and pour into a bag. Tie the bag tightly.

Canned tomatoes with grapes

Ingredients for a 3 liter jar:
1 sweet pepper,
1 pepper,
3 cloves of garlic,
2 bay leaves,
5 currant leaves,
4 cherry leaves,
10 black peppercorns,
1 horseradish leaf
2 sprigs of dill,
1 tbsp. salt,
1 tbsp. Sahara,
1 bunch of grapes,
tomatoes.

Preparation:
Wash the tomatoes and chop them in several places. Place spices, tomatoes, grapes, salt, sugar in sterilized jars, pour boiling water over them and leave for 20 minutes. Then drain the water, bring to a boil, pour it back into the jars and roll up.

Dessert tomatoes in apple juice. Chop medium-sized tomatoes in several places and blanch in boiling water for half a minute. Boil apple juice with salt and sugar (for 1 liter of juice - 30 g salt, 30 g sugar). Place the prepared tomatoes in sterilized 3-liter jars, add 8-10 lemongrass leaves, pour boiling water over them for 5 minutes. Then drain the filling, boil again, pour over the tomatoes. Repeat this procedure one more time. Roll up.

Delicious tomatoes with red currant juice. Prick the tomatoes with a wooden toothpick in several places and blanch in boiling water for half a minute. Prepare the filling: for 1 liter of water - 300 ml of red currant juice, 50 g of honey, 50 g of salt, boil. Place the prepared tomatoes in sterilized jars, add 30 g each of lemon balm and tarragon leaves, pour boiling stock over them, drain after 5 minutes and boil again. Pour again, drain, boil, repeat the procedure one more time, roll up.

Cherry flavored tomatoes

Ingredients:
2 kg tomatoes,
5 cherry branches with leaves,
1 liter of water,
100 g sugar,
50 g salt,
3 g citric acid.

Preparation:
Wash the ripe tomatoes, prick them from the stem side and place them in a jar along with cherry branches, laying the branches vertically along the walls of the jar, pressing them with the tomatoes. Dissolve salt, sugar, citric acid in water, bring to a boil and pour over the tomatoes. Pasteurize for 10 minutes, roll up.

Tomatoes in gelatin. For the brine you will need 4 liters of water, 100 g of salt, 500 g of sugar, spices (allspice, cinnamon, bay leaf, dill, cloves - to taste), 200 g of water and 11 tablespoons of gelatin. The indicated amount should be enough for four 3-liter jars. Dissolve gelatin in 200 g of water, let it swell for 2-4 hours. Cut large, dense tomatoes into 4-6 pieces. Cut the onion into rings (each jar will require 2-3 large onions). Prepare the brine: boil water, salt, sugar and spices for 5 minutes, add the swollen gelatin, stir. Place tomatoes and onions in jars, pour into jars. Sterilize 3-liter jars for 20-30 minutes. Before rolling, add 1 tsp to each jar. vinegar essence.

Tomatoes with gooseberries. For each 3-liter jar you will need approximately 1 liter of filling: for 1 liter of water - 50 g of salt, 50 of sugar. Prick the tomatoes with a wooden toothpick and blanch for half a minute in boiling water. Sort the gooseberries, trim off the stems, and prick with a wooden toothpick. Place the prepared tomatoes in jars, sprinkle them with gooseberries, and pour boiling sauce over them. After 5 minutes, drain the filling, boil, pour again, repeat one more time, roll up.

Tomatoes with garlic in apple juice. A 3 liter jar will require approximately 1 liter of filling: per 1 liter apple juice- 50 g salt, 50 g sugar. Chop the tomatoes and blanch for half a minute in boiling water. Peel the garlic, but do not cut it! Place the tomatoes in jars, sprinkle with garlic, and pour boiling sauce over them. Roll up, turn over, cool.

Tomatoes with onions in apple juice are prepared in the same way as in the previous recipe, with the only difference being that 1 liter of apple juice requires 30 g of salt and 30 g of sugar. Cut the onion into large rings, place them together with the tomatoes in jars, pour boiling sauce over them, and roll up.

Green tomato caviar

Ingredients for 1 kg of caviar:
600 g green tomatoes,
200 g carrots,
100 g tomato sauce,
50 g onion,
25 g parsley root,
15 g salt,
10 g sugar.

Preparation:
Bake tomatoes, carrots, parsley root, onions in the oven (can be fried in vegetable oil), cool, mince, add salt, sugar, spices, tomato sauce, mix. Place in a saucepan, bring to a boil, and place in sterilized jars. Cover the jars with dry sterilized lids, sterilize for 1 hour, and roll up.

Tomatoes with sunflower oil. Prepare the marinade: for 1 liter of water - 10 bay leaves, 15 black peppercorns, 15 cloves, 3 tbsp. salt, 2 tbsp. Sahara. Boil everything, add 3 tbsp. 9% vinegar. Place 2 bay leaves, 6 black peppercorns, and an onion cut into rings at the bottom of liter jars. Then tightly arrange the thick red tomatoes cut in half, placing them cut side down. Also put a few onion rings on top. Pour in the marinade, place in a saucepan with warm water and sterilize from the moment of boiling for 15 minutes, covering with a lid. Before sealing, pour enough vegetable oil into each jar so that it completely covers the marinade with a layer of 2-3 mm. Roll up.

Ingredients for 1 liter jar:
500 g green tomatoes,
20 g garlic,
10 g salt,
50 g 6% vinegar,
70 g celery greens,
350 g of water.

Preparation:
Cut the caps off the green tomatoes, peel the garlic, and finely chop the greens. Insert 1-2 cloves of garlic into the seed nests of tomatoes, compact with herbs, and add salt. Place the prepared tomatoes in a wide bowl under pressure and leave in the cold for 4-5 days. Then drain the brine and boil. Place the tomatoes in jars, pour boiling brine, sterilize half-liter jars for 5-7 minutes, liter jars for 8-10 minutes. Roll up.

Tomatoes "Vologda"

Ingredients:
3 kg tomatoes,
1 kg of onion,
1 kg sweet pepper,
5 heads of garlic,
5 peas of allspice.
For the marinade:
2 liters of water,
3 tbsp. salt,
6 tbsp. Sahara,
1 tbsp. 70% vinegar,
2 tbsp. vegetable oil.

Preparation:
Cut strong red tomatoes into 4 parts, onions and sweet peppers into rings, chop garlic. Sterilize the jars, layer tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, pour the hot marinade over the vegetables. Sterilize: half-liter - 10 minutes, liter - 15 minutes. Roll up and turn over until completely cool. The garlic will make the marinade cloudy, but that's okay.

Tomato juice with pulp. Ripe and overripe tomatoes with bright colors are washed, peeled and boiled over low heat. Rub through a sieve (or grind with a blender), pour into a saucepan, boil for 30 minutes, pour into sterilized jars or bottles, sterilize for 30 minutes at 90ºC. Roll up. When using, you can add lemon juice.

Tomato-apple sauce

Ingredients:
6 large tomatoes,
2 cups chopped apples
3 sweet peppers,
2 cups raisins,
1 cup chopped onion,
3.5 cups sugar,
¼ cup salt
3 glasses of wine or 9% vinegar,
60 g dry mustard,
2 tbsp. ground ginger.

Preparation:
Peel the tomatoes and cut into 4 parts. Remove seeds from sweet peppers. Chop apples and onions. Place all products in a saucepan, add raisins, sugar, salt, dry mustard, vinegar, ginger and cook over low heat for 2 hours. Cool, put into jars, seal with plastic lids. Keep refrigerated.

Spicy tomato paste

Ingredients:
3 kg tomatoes,
500 g onions,
300-400 ml 9% vinegar,
2-3 bay leaves,
300-400 g sugar,
5-6 black peppercorns,
3-4 juniper berries,
salt to taste.

Preparation:
Chop the ripe tomatoes and onions and steam them in an enamel pan under a lid over low heat, then rub through a sieve or colander. Heat the vinegar, add the spices, bring to a boil, cool and pour into the tomato mass. Boil the pasta over low heat by a third, season with sugar, salt and mustard, boil for a few more minutes, spread while hot, and roll up.

Boiled green tomatoes (seasoning for meat)

Ingredients:
1 kg green tomatoes,
500 g sugar,
500 ml 5% vinegar,
1 tbsp. salt,
1 tbsp curry powder,
6 cloves of garlic,
1 tsp cumin,
a little red hot pepper, ginger, raisins.

Preparation:
Grind all ingredients, mix and cook over medium heat for 1 hour. Place hot into jars and roll up.

Green tomato jam. For 1 kg of tomatoes - 1.2 kg of sugar and 1 glass of water. Wash small fleshy tomatoes, remove stems and remove seeds. Prepare syrup, dip tomatoes in it and leave overnight. Then put on fire and cook for 1-1.5 hours. At the end of cooking, add 2 g of citric acid. Place into sterilized jars.

Red tomato jam. For 1 kg of tomatoes - 1 kg of sugar, 1 glass of water. Prepare the syrup, put small red tomatoes in it (necessarily whole!), put on fire and cook for 30 minutes, leave overnight. The next day, boil the jam again, skim off the foam, add a little vanillin, and boil. Remove the foam again and leave overnight. The next morning, finish cooking the jam and pour into clean jars. If you cook overripe tomatoes this way, you will get jam.

These are the different tomato preparations. Good luck to you!

Larisa Shuftaykina

In its own way nutritional value Among vegetables, tomatoes occupy one of the first places. Tomatoes (tomatoes) contain 93.8 percent water, 1.6-6.4 sugars, 0.3-1.7 citric acid, proteins, vitamins C (40 mg per 100 g of fruit), B1, B2, PP , K, carotene, from minerals- salts of iron, phosphorus, potassium.

They have a low calorie content (19.7 kcal per 100 g of fruit), so they are recommended for overweight people. The absence of special substances in them - purines - allows them to be consumed by patients with gout. Tomatoes are recommended for food for patients with various types metabolic disorders. They are useful for diseases of the cardiovascular tract. Pectin substances in fruits reduce cholesterol levels in the blood and inhibit the growth of bacteria.

Bookmark for long-term storage

To bookmark on long-term storage take late-planted tomatoes at the milky or green stage of maturity, select healthy fruits and place them in boxes with lattice lids with the stalks facing up. Small dry (preferably birch) shavings or peat are poured between the fruits at the bottom of the box; you can also wrap each fruit in paper. Best temperature for storing tomatoes 12°C. The shelf life of tomatoes using this method is from 1 to 3 months.

According to the second storage method, fruits collected at the end of October at the stage of milky ripeness are wrapped in black thin paper, placed in a disinfected low (Bulgarian type) box lined with dry, clean straw and brought into a dark, ventilated storage. Here they need to be kept at a temperature of 8-10°C. With this method, tomatoes can be stored until January.

For harvesting, tomatoes are canned, pickled, salted, and jam is made.

NATURAL RED TOMATOES
Select fruits with a good even color, dense and equal in size, put them in jars and fill them with boiling brine. Cover the jars with lids and sterilize them by keeping liter jars in boiling water for 8-10 minutes, three-liter jars for 15-20 minutes.
For brine: for 1 liter of water - 50-60 g of salt or 35 g of salt and 6 g of citric acid.

WHOLE TOMATOES WITHOUT SKIN
To prepare canned food, use red oval or plum-shaped fruits, as well as small round tomatoes, up to 3-4 cm in diameter.
Sort the tomatoes by size, degree of ripeness and color, remove the stalks, rinse in running water, place in a colander or on a blanching mesh, immerse in boiling water for 1-2 minutes and cool cold water. After this, the skin is easily separated from the pulp with a knife.
Place peeled tomatoes in prepared jars and fill with hot brine. Sterilize filled jars at a temperature of 110°C: with a capacity of 0.5 liters - 5-8 minutes from the moment of boiling, with a capacity of 1 liter - 10-12 minutes.
For brine: per 1 liter of water - 50-60 g of salt.

TOMATOES IN THEIR OWN JUICE WITHOUT SKIN
Blanch the tomatoes selected for canning without skin by dipping them in boiling water in a colander for 1-1.5 minutes, and then immediately cool them by dipping them in cold water or pouring cold water over them. In this case, the skin of the tomatoes cracks and is easily removed.
Next, the cooking process is the same as in the previous recipe.

CANNED UNPEELED TOMATOES
Canned tomatoes retain their taste, aroma and nutritional value. Select fresh, regular-shaped, smooth-surfaced, strong tomatoes, undamaged by diseases and pests, and without sunburn spots. In addition, the tomatoes must be completely ripe - intense red in color, without a green or yellow-green spot near the stalk. Soft and overripe tomatoes, as well as tomatoes with a lot of seeds or loose flesh, are not suitable for canning. You cannot use very large fruits with cracks. Tomato juice is prepared from them for pouring.

Peel the tomatoes selected for canning from the stems and rinse very well with cold running water. Since tomatoes are not blanched, microorganisms adhering to them must be removed during washing. Prick the tomatoes in several places with a fork, put them in jars and fill them with freshly prepared tomato juice, cooled to a temperature of 80-85°C with the addition of table salt. Sterilize and seal the filled jars. Keep it upside down until it cools.

Tomato juice For filling, prepare from strong, well-ripened tomatoes; you can also use overripe soft fruits. Remove stalks, greens, damaged sunburn and diseases of the part, rinse the tomatoes with running water, cut into pieces, place in a suitable container and cook until soft and juice is released, then rub through a fine sieve to separate the seeds and skin.

Add salt to the pureed tomato juice, then bring the juice to a boil. The shelf life of tomato juice after preparation is one hour. Then it begins to ferment quickly and becomes unsuitable for pouring. In view of this, when preparing large quantity canned tomato juice for filling should be prepared in separate portions.
For pouring: for 1 liter of tomato juice - 20-30 g of table salt.

CANNED TOMATOES WITH PEPPER
Pour the peeled tomatoes and spices into jars with brine. Place the jar in a saucepan with warm water, put it on fire, bring the water to a boil and keep the jar in boiling water for 20 minutes. Then remove it from the pan, add vinegar essence and roll up with a tin lid. Tomatoes should be stored in the coolest place possible.
For one three-liter jar - tomatoes - 2.5 kg, red hot pepper - 1 string, red sweet pepper - 1 pod, black hot pepper - 10 peas, black allspice - 5 peas, fresh parsley (roots with herbs) - 1 piece , fresh carrots - 1 piece.

To prepare the brine - 30 g of table salt and 60 g of granulated sugar per 2 liters of water, 4 teaspoons of 80% vinegar essence.

MARINATED TOMATOES
There are many ways and recipes for preparing pickled tomatoes. They differ in the different ratios of salt, sugar and spices in the marinade. Tomatoes are pickled mainly small: green, milky, brown, pink. Place spices and herbs at the bottom of the jar. Pour boiling marinade into jars of tomatoes, sterilize and roll up with tin lids.

For the first method: bay leaf - 3 pcs., black hot pepper - 10 peas, red hot pepper - half a pod, cloves - 10 pcs., cinnamon - on the tip of a knife; for the marinade - for 1 liter of water take 50 g of table salt, 50 g of granulated sugar and 4 teaspoons of vinegar essence.

For the second method: dill stems - 10 pieces, blackcurrant leaf- 10 pieces, parsley - 15 g, mint - 10 g, red hot pepper - 1 pod; for the marinade - for 1 liter of water take 50 g of table salt, 50 g of granulated sugar and 3 teaspoons of vinegar essence.

For the third method: For a three-liter jar, take 6 glasses of water, 2 tbsp. spoons of salt, 4 tbsp. spoons of sugar, 6 peas of black and allspice, 6 cloves, 3 bay leaves, a pod of red pepper, boil everything, then pour in half a glass of 9 percent vinegar.

SALTED TOMATOES
Place the tomatoes in cylinders or tubs, top with spices, and wash down with brine. Seal the cylinders loosely with lids, and place a circle in the tubs and a small weight on it. It must be kept in mind that riper tomatoes are filled with stronger brine. You can simply sprinkle them with salt without pouring the solution - the tomatoes will release juice.

For 10 kg of tomatoes - 2 dill and 1 tarragon bushes, 1-2 pods of hot pepper, some fresh blackcurrant leaves, horseradish, celery and parsley, parsnips;
for 10 liters of brine - 600 g of salt.

SALTED TOMATOES WITH MUSTARD (OLD RECIPE)
Rinse slightly unripe firm tomatoes thoroughly and place them in a barrel, bucket or pan, sprinkle with blackcurrant leaves. Place these leaves on the bottom too. After it has cooled, add dry mustard to the prepared boiled brine, stir and let sit.

When the brine becomes transparent, slightly yellowish, you can pour it over the tomatoes. On top, as usual, put a clean cloth and pressure.

For the brine: for a bucket of water - 2 thin glasses of sugar, a glass of salt, 15 bay leaves, a teaspoon of mashed allspice and hot pepper, a pack (100 g) of dry mustard.

SALTED TOMATOES WITH CARROTS
Rinse the ripe, firm small tomatoes thoroughly. Do not tear off the stems - this way the tomatoes will not leak, remain firm, and can be cut into slices like fresh ones. Place the tomatoes in a tub, bucket, pan in rows, sprinkle with grated carrots, add red pepper, dill, garlic, bay leaf and pour in brine, put pressure on top.

Store in a cool place. If by the end of winter the tomatoes begin to turn sour, you need to remove them from the brine, wash them, put them back and fill them with fresh water. After this, they will last for another 3-4 months.

For 8-10 parts tomatoes - 1 part carrots;
for brine - take 500 g of salt per bucket of water.

SALTED TOMATOES IN A BAG
A plastic bag is used as a container for pickling. Wash selected medium-ripe tomatoes, then prepare cherry, currant, dill and celery leaves, rinse and let the water drain. Shred separately sugar beets- it delays oxidative processes. Place a layer of greens in the bag, then a layer of tomatoes, again greens, chopped sugar beets and tomatoes. A layer of greenery is placed on top of everything. Tie the bag tightly and place it in a barrel or box.
After two days, pour brine over the vegetable mixture in the bag.

To prepare the brine, take half the bag’s capacity of water, add salt, add dill, hot and allspice, bay leaf, and boil everything.

After cooling, strain the brine and pour it into a bag, which is then tied tightly.
FOR brine - for 1.5 liters of water - 100 g of salt, herbs and spices to taste.

SALTED TOMATOES IN THEIR OWN JUICE
Pour freshly picked blackcurrant leaves into the bottom of the prepared barrel and place red tomatoes in rows, layering each row with blackcurrant leaves, sprinkling with salt and mustard powder. After laying several rows of tomatoes, fill them with pureed tomato mass. So alternate until the barrel is full. Place one part of the spices on the bottom of the barrel, the other in the middle, and the last one on top of the tomatoes.

Cover the tomatoes with blackcurrant leaves on top, seal the barrel and add the tomato mass through the tongue and groove hole.
Fermentation continues for 6-7 days, after which the tongue hole is plugged and the barrel is moved to a cold place.
For 10 kg of tomatoes with tomato mass - 500 g of salt.

DRY SALTED TOMATOES
Sort through the tomatoes, select the unsuitable ones, then wash and place in a barrel, sprinkling each row with dry table salt. Close the barrel with a circle, on top of which place a small oppression. Store in a cool place.
For 10 kg of tomatoes - 1.1-1.2 kg of salt.

SALTED TOMATOES WITH YOUNG CORN
For pickling, select firm red and green tomatoes. Salting is done in small oak barrels (25-50 l) or glass bottles. Place black currant leaves, previously scalded with boiling water, at the bottom of the prepared container. Wash tomatoes, spices, young stalks and leaves of corn in cold water. Place a layer of corn leaves on the bottom of the barrel, then rows of tomatoes and spices. Cut young corn stalks into pieces 1-2 cm long, layering each row of tomatoes with them.

Cover the top of the tomatoes with corn leaves and pour clean water. Pour the salt into a clean gauze bag, which is placed on top of the corn leaves so that it is in the water.

Cover the barrel with a small circle and place a small weight on top.
For 10 kg of tomatoes - 550-600 g of salt.

TOMATOES WITH GRAPE
Tomatoes intended for canning should be peeled, washed, and pierced in several places. Place spices, tomatoes, grapes, salt, sugar in a sterilized jar, pour boiling water for 20 minutes.
Bring the drained water to a boil again, pour over the tomatoes and roll up.

For a three-liter jar - 1 sweet pepper, 1 hot pepper, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 bay leaves, 5 currant leaves, 4 cherry leaves, 10 black peppercorns, 1 horseradish leaf, 2 sprigs of dill, parsley, 1 cm, a spoonful of salt. 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar, 1 bunch of grapes.

GREEN TOMATOES WITH ONIONS AND CARROTS
Place finely chopped onions, green tomatoes cut into slices, carrots cut into slices, and herbs into a saucepan. Pour all this with vegetable oil and simmer for 30 minutes. When the tomatoes become soft, add crushed garlic.
Place in half-liter jars and sterilize for 15 minutes in boiling water, roll up.

5-6 large green tomatoes, two onions. 2 carrots, 60 g of vegetable oil, 5 cloves of garlic, parsley and celery.

DESSERT TOMATOES
Wash medium-sized, dense tomatoes, remove stems, blanch in boiling water for half a minute, after pricking them in several places. Place the tomatoes in a three-liter jar, add lemongrass leaves.
Boil the apple juice, adding sugar and salt, pour the boiling mixture over the tomatoes, after 3-5 minutes drain the mixture, boil, repeat twice more. After the third fill, roll up the jar.

For a three-liter jar - 8-10 lemongrass leaves; for filling - for 1 liter of apple juice - 30 g of salt, 30 g of sugar.

DELICIOUS TOMATOES
Wash the tomatoes, select the same size, blanch in boiling water for half a minute, place in a three-liter jar, add herbs: lemon balm leaves, tarragon. Prepare a filling, to which add red currant juice, honey, and salt.
Pour the boiling solution over the tomatoes, after 3-5 minutes drain the solution and boil again. Repeat two more times. After the third fill, roll up the jar and turn it upside down until it cools.

For a three-liter jar - 30 g each of lemon balm and tarragon leaves;
for filling: for 1 liter of water - 300 g of red currant juice, 50 g of honey, 50 g of salt.

TOMATOES IN GELATIN
Wash large, firm tomatoes and cut into 4-6 pieces. Peel the onion and cut into rings. Place tomatoes and onions in jars, alternating layers (for a three-liter jar you will need 2-3 large onions). Prepare the brine: boil water, salt, sugar and spices for 3-5 minutes. Pour gelatin with warm water and leave for 3-4 hours. Mix the brine with a gelatin solution and fill the jars with vegetables. Sterilize three-liter jars for 20-30 minutes. Before closing the jar with a lid, add 1 teaspoon of vinegar.

For the brine - 4 liters of water, 100 g of salt, 500 g of sugar, spices (cinnamon, cloves, allspice, bay leaf, dill);
for gelatin solution - 200 g warm water, 11 teaspoons of gelatin.

TOMATOES WITH GOOSEBERRY
Sort out the gooseberries, trim off the stems and chop them. Prepare the tomatoes by blanching them for half a minute in boiling water. Sprinkle the gooseberries over the prepared tomatoes, placing them in a three-liter jar. Boil the filling, pour the boiling solution over the tomatoes, after 3-5 minutes pour the solution into the pan and bring to a boil again.
Repeat two more times. After the third time, roll up the jar.

To fill 1 liter of water - 50 g of salt, 50 g of sugar.

TOMATOES WITH GARLIC
Peel the garlic, blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for half a minute, then use a wooden stick to make 2-3 punctures on top so that the skin of the tomatoes does not crack. Prepare a filling from apple juice, salt and sugar. Place the tomatoes in a three-liter jar, sprinkle with garlic, pour boiling sauce over them, quickly roll up and turn upside down until cool.
In the same way, you can prepare tomatoes with onions, which are first cut into rings.

Garlic and onions are phytoncidal plants, so a one-time filling is sufficient.
For filling - 1 liter of apple juice, 50 g of salt and sugar (for tomatoes with garlic), 30 g of salt and sugar (for tomatoes with onions).

GREEN TOMATOES WITH GARLIC
Wash green tomatoes of the same shape and size and make cuts with a sharp knife. Inside each tomato place a slice of garlic, a sprig of dill or parsley. Carefully place in prepared liter jars, pour hot marinade and sterilize for 20 minutes.

After this, quickly roll up the jars and turn them upside down until they cool.
For the marinade: for 1 liter of water - 1 tbsp. spoon of salt, 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar, 60 g of vinegar.

CAVIAR FROM GREEN TOMATOES
To prepare caviar from green tomatoes, take green, intact, stemless fruits of any size and shape. To improve the taste, add carrots, parsley and onions to the caviar composition. Bake tomatoes, root vegetables and onions in the oven or Russian oven.

After this, pass all the ingredients through a meat grinder, add salt, sugar, spices, tomato sauce, mix thoroughly, bring to a boil and fill glass jars with the resulting mixture, cover with clean, dry lids and sterilize for 1 hour, then seal and turn upside down. .

For 1 kg of caviar - 600 g of green tomatoes, 200 g of carrots, 100 g of tomato sauce, 50 g of onions fried in vegetable oil, 25 g of parsley, 15 g of table salt, 10 g of granulated sugar.

CAVIAR FROM TOMATOES
Bake the tomatoes, mince them, add salt, pepper and onions fried in vegetable oil. Mix everything well. Fill the jars 3/4 full and pour hot tomato sauce up to the neck.

The sauce is prepared from pureed tomato mass, to which you need to add bay leaf, pepper, dill and parsley, sugar and salt (to taste).

JUICE, PUREE, TOMATO PASTE
Wash ripe tomatoes with cold running water, cut into pieces, put in a saucepan without water and put on fire. As the tomatoes heat up, they will release juice and settle.

Add more tomatoes, then more, until the pan is full to the top. Heat over low heat for about 20 minutes until the mixture boils, then drain the juice, pour hot into bottles, and heat the bottles for 25-35 minutes.
Prepare puree and paste from the tomato mass remaining in the pan. For puree it needs to be boiled 2-2.5 times, for pasta - 5-7 times. Place in glass jars and sterilize for 30-40 minutes.

For 1 kg of finished puree or paste - 3 tbsp. spoons of salt.

TOMATO JUICE WITH PULP
Ripe, or overripe, well-colored tomatoes can be washed, peeled and boiled, then rubbed through a sieve. Evaporate the juice for about 30 minutes, then pour into jars or clean bottles. Sterilize for 30 minutes at 90 °C.
The juice is diluted with lemon juice in winter and served as a drink. You can make soups and sauces from it.

SPICY TOMATO SAUCE
Cook the mashed tomatoes in a saucepan until half of the original volume remains. About ten minutes before the end of cooking, add granulated sugar, vinegar, salt, garlic, pepper, cinnamon, and cloves. All this can be poured directly into the tomato mass or put in a bag and cooked in it, and thrown away after cooking.

Pour the hot sauce into jars or bottles, sterilize in boiling water and seal.

For 2.5 kg of freshly grated tomatoes - 150 g granulated sugar, 20-25 g salt, 0.5 g peeled garlic, 0.5 g black pepper, 1 g allspice, 1.5-2 g cloves, 1.5- 2 g cinnamon, vinegar to taste.

TOMATO APPLE SAUCE
Peel the tomatoes, cut into 4 parts, core and finely chop the apples, chop the onion, remove the seeds from the sweet green peppers. Place all products in a saucepan, add raisins, sugar, salt, wine or table vinegar, dry mustard, you can put ground ginger. Cook over low heat for about 2 hours. Cool, put into jars and seal. Store in a dark place.

6 tomatoes, 2 cups chopped apples, 3 peppers, 2 cups raisins, 1 cup chopped onion, 3.5 cups sugar, 1/4 cup salt, 3 cups wine or table vinegar, 60 g dry mustard, 2 tbsp. spoons of ground ginger.

TOMATO SEASONING
Wash ripe red tomatoes, pour boiling water over them and pass through a meat grinder along with peeled garlic. Wash and grate the horseradish, mix with ground tomatoes, add sugar, salt, vegetable oil and mix.
Place the prepared seasoning into small jars and close them with a lid.

Store in a cool place.
1 kg of ripe tomatoes, 300 g of garlic, 200 g of horseradish, 100 g of vegetable oil, 100 g of sugar, 15 g of salt.

ADJIKA AT HOME
Rinse tomatoes, carrots, sweet peppers, apples, red capsicum well and pass through a meat grinder. Then transfer to a saucepan and cook for 1 hour from the moment of boiling.

When it cools down, add crushed garlic, vinegar, sugar, sunflower oil, salt, mix everything well, put in hot jars or milk bottles and close (the bottles can be closed with nipples), store in a cool place.

For 2.5 kg of tomatoes - 1 kg of carrots, 1 kg of sweet peppers, 1 kg of apples, 100 g of red capsicum, 200 g crushed garlic, 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup sunflower oil, 1/4 cup salt.

PREPARATION FOR SECOND COURSES WITH TOMATOES
Sort tomatoes by size and quality. Wash the best ones and cut them into 2-4 parts, the rest will be used to prepare the filling. Remove stems and seeds from sweet peppers, wash them, and cut them into pieces. Also cut the eggplants into pieces and put them in for half an hour. salt water(3 tablespoons of salt per 1 liter of water) to remove the bitterness. Remove the ends of green beans, then cut them into pieces 2-3 cm long and wash. Place the peppers and beans in boiling water for 3-5 minutes and then in cold water.

Prepare the filling: cut the tomatoes into pieces, cook them for 10 minutes and rub through a colander or sieve. Add salt to the resulting mass and, stirring, bring to a boil. In a saucepan with hot pour Place the prepared peppers, eggplants, green beans and simmer over low heat for another 20-30 minutes.

Place chopped celery and parsley in each jar, then a layer of tomatoes, and a layer of vegetables on top.
Cover the jars with lids and sterilize half-liter jars for 30 minutes, liter jars for 40 minutes.
For a half-liter jar - 125 g tomatoes, 125 g peppers, 75 g eggplants, 25 g green beans, 2-10 g herbs, 5 g salt, 150 g tomato sauce.

TOMATOES IN SUNFLOWER OIL
To the bottom liter jar put bay leaf, black pepper, onion cut into rings. Then tightly place the red, thick-fleshed tomatoes, cut in half. Place cut side down. Place a few onion rings on top.
Pour the marinade over the tomatoes, place in a saucepan with water and sterilize for 15 minutes, covering with a lid. Before sealing, pour a little sunflower oil into the jar so that it covers the marinade with a layer.

1 onion, 2 bay leaves, 6 black peppercorns; for the marinade: for 1 liter of water - 7-10 bay leaves, 15 black peppercorns, 15 cloves, 3 tbsp. spoons of salt, 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar, after boiling add 3 tbsp. spoons of vinegar.

GREEN TOMATO SALAD WITH ONIONS AND PEPPERS
Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, cool, cut into slices and combine with onion rings and sweet pepper strips and mix. Add dill, salt, sugar, pepper to the salad, place tightly in sterile jars, pour boiling marinade and sterilize half-liter jars for 10 minutes, liter jars for 20 minutes, add vegetable oil at the end. Roll up the cans.
You can also add shredded cabbage to this salad.

For 1 kg of green tomatoes -0.5 kg of onions, 3-4 sweet peppers; for marinade - for 1 liter of water - 70 g vinegar, 20 g sugar, 50 g salt.

PREPARATION FROM GREEN TOMATOES WITH VEGETABLES
Thinly chop the green tomatoes and onions, grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Place the vegetables in an enamel bowl, add salt and leave for 10-12 hours. Prepare the marinade. To do this, pour vegetable oil, 9 percent vinegar into a saucepan, add sugar, black pepper and bay leaf, put on fire and bring to a boil. Pour in hot marinade into the salad mixture, mix everything thoroughly and put it back on the fire. After boiling, cook for half an hour, stirring constantly. Place the hot salad in sterilized jars and roll up the lids.

3 kg of green tomatoes, 1.5 kg of carrots, 1.5 kg of onions, 100 g of salt; for marinade - 300 g vegetable oil, 200-250 g vinegar, 300 g sugar, 5-6 black peppercorns, 5-6 bay leaves.

TOMATO JAM
Select whole, small, firm, unripe tomatoes and rinse well. Using a clean screwdriver, carefully make a deep hole on the frontal side (against the stalk) and carefully remove the seeds so as not to touch the pulp. Place a slice into the resulting cavity walnut. Pour the semi-finished syrup over the stuffed tomatoes and leave for 5-6 hours.
After this, cook until tender for approximately one hour. If you don’t have walnuts, you can make jam from just tomatoes.

Every real housewife should know the secrets of how to cook a tomato for the winter, because for such preparation you need to choose special tomatoes, and in addition spices and other vegetables. The cooking process can last from several minutes to 1-2 hours, depending on the ingredients and consistency, and also on what you want to get as a result. Let's look at the rules for choosing tomatoes for juice, recommendations for preparing them, and the best proven sauce recipes for the winter.

How to choose tomatoes for cooking

There are few selection rules. They are simple, but the result depends on compliance. So, let's begin:

• Depending on what consistency of juice is desired, it is worth selecting the varieties of tomatoes. If you take the “Bull’s Heart” variety, the drink for the winter will turn out to be very thick and rich. And the Tsar Bell tomato variety will give a lot of water, so the juice will be liquid, like apple juice.
• Even the ripest vegetables are suitable for cooking tomatoes. Slightly soft, crushed, overripe ones will also be ideal for sauces.
• Green tomato fruits should not be used for juice, as they will spoil the color of the product and its taste. Unripe vegetables do not provide much water, so their use is not advisable.
• The format of tomatoes for making juice does not matter. These can be small cherries, medium cream or large fruits. They will still be cut into pieces during cooking.
• Tomatoes grown in the open sun in garden beds are considered ideal for making tomato juice. Fruits that ripen in greenhouses do not have a large volume of water for such preparation and have a noticeable sourness.

What kind of container to cook tomatoes in?

A caring housewife will definitely ask herself the question: is it possible to cook a tomato in an aluminum pan? There is no definite answer here: if utensils made of such material are used for 1-3 hours, then oxidation will not occur, but if the juice is infused and then only boiled, then it is better to choose other types of utensils. No chemical processes occur in an iron, enameled or cast iron pan, so they are recommended for cooking tomatoes. Here is a list of utensils that may be needed for cooking tomatoes:

• Juicer for quickly removing the pulp and veins of tomatoes from the juice.
• A saucepan or large deep bowl for cooking juice.
• Colander or sieve (for straining the sauce after cooking, if a juicer was not used before).
• Storage containers (jars with screws or tin lids).
• A scoop or large mug for pouring tomato juice into jars.
• Seaming key (if classic tin lids for jars are used).

How long to cook the sauce for the winter

To understand how many minutes you need to cook the juice until it is ready, it is worth analyzing the entire cooking process. If heat treatment is carried out with vegetables for the first time, it can last up to 1 hour, but in classic versions, after boiling, you need to wait 5-15 minutes and pour the juice into jars. If the cooking takes place a second time (at the first stage, pieces of tomatoes were boiled, then they were rubbed through a sieve and put on the stove again), then 2-5 minutes will be enough to boil the dish and place it in containers.

Recipes for making tomato paste at home with photos

To understand how to cook tomatoes for the winter, you should consider several recipe options and choose the most suitable one for yourself. The difference lies not only in the process of obtaining the juice, but also in the additives that are added to the drink or sauce. Let's look at a few classic recipes and unusual ways of preparing tomatoes for the winter. All the options considered are proven, so they are easy to use independently even for beginners.

Tomato paste on the stove

If you don’t use a juicer to prepare tomato juice, the process will take a little longer, but you won’t have to wash a lot of dishes and waste electricity. The task is to cut the vegetables into large pieces, boil them a little and rub through a sieve. This method helps to obtain a thick tomato with a small amount of grains and pulp. Let's consider a simple proven recipe for the dish.

Ingredients:

• Ripe red tomatoes – 2 kg.
• Sweet red pepper – 2-3 pcs.
• Salt, sugar - according to tomato varieties and taste preferences.
• Black peppercorns, bay leaf.

Preparation:

1. Rinse all the tomatoes under running water and remove excess water.
2. Do the same with pepper.
3. In a large (preferably cast iron) container, cut the tomatoes into large pieces, cutting out the roots and veins.
4. Along with the tomatoes, it is worth cutting sweet peppers of fleshy varieties into small pieces.
5. Place the bowl with chopped vegetables on the stove over low heat, and when a little liquid appears at the bottom, increase the power of the burner.
6. After the fruits have boiled for up to 5 minutes, they need to be set aside and cooled until room temperature.
7. Through a sieve or colander, strain the boiled tomatoes and peppers, crushing them with a spoon or silicone spatula. Excess skins and veins should be removed.
8. The resulting paste must be salted, sugar, spices and a few leaves of bay pepper added. Place it all on the stove, boil for 3-5 minutes, then pour it into jars and roll up the lids.
9. This tomato paste can be stored for 1 to 5 years in a cool, dark place.

Homemade tomato for the winter, just like fresh

There is nothing better in winter than homemade tomato juice. This dish is allowed to be consumed as an independent unit or added to borscht, cabbage, soups or other types of food. In order for homemade tomato juice to turn out as fresh, you need to add a minimum of spices and additional vegetables to it, but to increase the shelf life, it is worth cooking well. Let's consider quick recipe such a blank.

Ingredients:

• Red tomatoes of fleshy varieties - 3 kg.
• Parsley, dill - a few fresh sprigs.
• Salt, pepper, white sugar - according to taste preferences.

Preparation:

1. Rinse vegetables and herbs thoroughly.
2. Dry them in a colander or using paper towels.
3. Cut out the inner root of the tomatoes and run the vegetables through a juicer.
4. Pour all the resulting juice into a large enamel container.
5. Place the liquid on the stove and bring to a boil.
6. Add sugar, salt, ground pepper, constantly tasting the future dish. You shouldn’t put too many spices, it will enhance the taste, but it will lose its naturalness.
7. Place parsley and dill leaves into boiling liquid.
8. Boil the juice until the sugar finishes melting. Total The time when the tomato boils should be about 20-25 minutes.
9. Pour the liquid into sterilized jars and seal the tin lids very tightly.

Pepper Bulgarian tomato without sterilization

Sweet bell peppers are often added to tomato juice. This addition gives an unusual taste and makes the consistency thicker. Peppers can be placed cut into pieces, whole or grated through a grater or blender. Let's consider a simple recipe for tomato juice with other vegetables and fruits, which will certainly be appreciated by all household members and guests.

Ingredients:

• Red and yellow tomatoes – 3 kg in total.
• Bell pepper – 1.5 kg.
• Plum with a well-separable stone - 0.5 kg.
• Sour apples – 300 g.
• Sugar, salt - according to tastes.

Preparation:

1. Rinse all vegetables and fruits under clean water. Leave them for a few minutes to drain excess water.
2. Peel the pepper, cut into quarters, place in a large cauldron, where the whole dish will be cooked.
3. Pass the tomatoes through a juicer, pour the resulting liquid into bell pepper.
4. Peel plums and apples, pass through a juicer, add this liquid to the main tomato juice.
5. Immediately put a little salt, sugar, and spices if you want.
6. Bring tomato juice to a boil, stir it, taste.
7. Adjust the dish according to your own taste (add salt, sugar, apple cider vinegar).
8. Boil the tomato for 5-10 minutes and pour into glass jars. Bon appetit in winter!

Tomato juice recipe

A good housewife knows that making tomato juice takes a lot of time. But how to cook tomatoes for the winter using new kitchen appliances? Such devices can simplify the cooking process and even reduce the time it takes to create an excellent dish. Let's look at step-by-step recipes for tomato juice in a slow cooker and pressure cooker for preparing for the winter.

In a slow cooker

To quickly prepare delicious tomato juice at home, you should use a slow cooker. This popular device will help you by telling you not to stand at the stove for a long time, but start up the equipment and go somewhere on your own issues. In addition, there is no risk that the contents of the pan will leak, boil over or burn. Here is an excellent recipe for rich tomato juice in a slow cooker.

Ingredients:

• Cherry tomatoes or other small varieties of tomatoes – 2 kg.
• Ripe pear – 300 g.
• Sour apple – 300 g.
• Cloves, cinnamon, black pepper, allspice, salt, sugar - according to taste.

Preparing tomato juice in a slow cooker:

1. Rinse all fruits and vegetables.
2. Separate the excess parts from them: tails, veins, seeds, core.
3. Using a juicer, chop tomatoes, pears, and apples.
4. Pour the resulting juice into the multicooker bowl and add spices.
5. Turn on the “Cooking” mode for 30 minutes and wait for cooking.
6. In the meantime, you need to sterilize the jars in a water bath and prepare the lids.
7. When the multicooker announces the end of the program, pour the tomato juice into containers and close tightly.

In a steamer

The main advantage of a double boiler is that it allows you not only to quickly cook food, but to do it while preserving all possible vitamins and minerals. Tomato juice, adjika, sauce or other product prepared in a double boiler has the best taste qualities, it is most beneficial for the body. We'll tell you perfect recipe tomato dishes.

Ingredients:

• Red tomatoes – 2.5 kg.
• Yellow tomatoes – 0.5 kg.
• Tomatoes “Black Prince” - 0.5 kg.
• Parsley, dill, basil.
• Salt, sugar and pepper - according to taste preferences.

Preparation:

1. Wash and dry all vegetables and herbs.
2. Peel the ends of the tomatoes, cut each of them into 2 parts.
3. Pass the tomatoes through the juicer, setting the appropriate mode to obtain juice from maximum number pulp.
4. Add greens to the liquid.
5. Place everything in a double boiler and bring to a boil.
6. Remove from heat, open the lid slightly, add spices.
7. Boil the juice in a double boiler for another 5 minutes and pour into jars.

Video recipe: how to twist a tomato for the winter

So that beginners don’t have any questions about creating the perfect tomato dish, they should watch training videos. In such materials, famous and popular chefs advise how to choose the right vegetables, how to process them, and what additional ingredients to add to the juice. Here is a short video that demonstrates the correct approaches to growing tomatoes for the winter.